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From:
Ricardo Signes
Date:
September 16, 2013 22:34
Subject:
Re: postfix dereference syntax
Message ID:
20130916223426.GD17523@cancer.codesimply.com
* Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org> [2013-09-15T19:42:40]
> Ricardo Signes wrote:
> > I think we should have it govern only interpolation.  There would be no
> > reason to disable it for the other form.  Given that, I'd call the feature
> > interpolate_postderef.  I think.  Got a better suggestion.
> 
> That is rather long.  Maybe something with qq in it.  Put postderef at the
> beginning of the name, and the two features show up together in
> alphabetical order:
> 
> postderef
> postderef_qq

I was just thinking about this question over the weekend, and I was surprised
nobody had objected to its length.  I'd tried to think of something shorter
without being opaque, and I failed.  You have succeeded.  Thanks!

-- 
rjbs

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